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Stopped in his tracks by a routine blood test. >> she says, your alkaline phosphotates number is high. she explains that it's a test that vaguely suggests something's wrong with your liver or bones. another test, my liver is cleared. she says on what seems like a whim, why don't you get a full-body bone scan. >> reporter: that test revealed a growth on his left femur, the thigh bone. but it was also the bone he broke while riding his treasured bike when he was just 5 years old. his doctors were not concerned. >> she's like oh, it looks like nothing. don't worry. it's not like you have cancer o...

Routine blood test. >> she says, you're alkaline number is high. she explains that it's a test that vaguely suggests something's wrong with your liver or bones. another test, my liver is cleared. she says on what seems like a whim, why don't you get a full-body bone scan. >> reporter: that test revealed a growth on his left femur, the thigh bone. but it was also the bone he broke while riding his treasured bike when he was just 5 years old. his doctors were not concerned. >> he was like, oh, you know, looks like nothing. don't worry. it's not like you have cancer or something, she says to me. ...

Way. i think most people do pull themselves together. do what it is that needs to be done. sometimes your thrown for a loop for a little while and then you start to reclaim. i think it's that getting back on the right path. that's the hard part. you know, you can't let yourself go down the chasm. you have to really get yourself back on the right path. >> larry: was the worst when they first told you? mentally. >> mentally the worst was when -- when i very first heard. i just didn't know what to expect. i didn't know whether the information -- how bad the information i was getting was. i mean, ...

Themselves together. do what it is that needs to be done. sometimes your thrown for a loop for a little while and then you start to reclaim. i think it's that getting back on the right path. that's the hard part. you know, you can't let yourself go down the chasm. you have to really get yourself back on the right path. >> larry: was the worst when they first told you? mentally. >> mentally the worst was when -- when i very first heard. i just didn't know what to expect. i didn't know whether the information -- how bad the information i was getting was. i mean, how bad is it not how bad the inf...

Sometimes your thrown for a loop for a little while and then you start to reclaim. i think it's that getting back on the right path. that's the hard part. you know, you can't let yourself go down the chasm. you have to really get yourself back on the right path. >> larry: was the worst when they first told you? mentally. >> mentally the worst was when -- when i very first heard. i just didn't know what to expect. i didn't know whether the information -- how bad the information i was getting was. i mean, how bad is it not how bad the information is but how had bad the cancer is. i had a great o...